Walker's Creek Presbyterian Church
Appearance
Walker's Creek Presbyterian Church | |
Walker's Creek Presbyterian Church in October 2013. Contributing church cemetery is located up the road on the left hand side. | |
Location | Walker's Creek Valley Rd.; also Walker's Creek Cemetery, Pearisburg, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°11′39″N 80°50′20″W / 37.19417°N 80.83889°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1898, 1911 |
Architect | Bane, George Lloyd (builder); Walker's Ck. P.C. Ladies Aid Society |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 03001088, 05001622 (Boundary Increase)[1] |
VLR No. | 035-0420 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 22, 2003, February 1, 2006 (Boundary Increase) |
Designated VLR | June 18, 2003, December 7, 2005[2] |
Walker's Creek Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church and cemetery located near Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. The church was built in 1897–1898, and is a one-story, L-shaped, frame building in the Gothic Revival style. It features a metal-sheathed gable roof, painted poplar weatherboard siding, a sandstone foundation, and an entry / bell tower. The adjacent church cemetery was established in 1911.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, with a boundary increase in 2006.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ W. Ernest Miller and J. Daniel Pezzoni (March 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walker's Creek Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources., J. Daniel Pezzoni (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walker's Creek Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Virginia
- Churches completed in 1898
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Giles County, Virginia
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Presbyterian churches in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Giles County, Virginia
- 1898 establishments in Virginia
- Blue Ridge Highlands, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Virginia church stubs